# The University of the Western Cape says the regional round of the World Robot Olympiad drew learners as young as nine-years-old, all eager to prove their robotics mettle on a competitive stage. This competition is a gateway for primary school learners to establish and progressively develop their coding and robotics knowledge. World Robot Olympiad […]
# Die Universiteit van Pretoria het ʼn skenking van 18-miljoen-rand van Google ontvang om die African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence te ondersteun. AfriDSAI is ʼn instituut by die universiteit wat navorsers, tegnoloë en gemeenskappe byeenbring om te besluit hoe data-wetenskap en kunsmatige intelligensie vir Afrika kan werk. Die vasteland dra tans net […]
# The top ten schools selected to move into the next phase of the 2025 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition have been revealed. This competition challenges Grade 10 and 11 learners from underserved communities to identify real-world problems and solve them using science, technology, engineering, and maths. The Free State is represented by three schools in […]
# Die burgemeester van die George-munisipaliteit, Jackie von Brandis, het nasionale erkenning van die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Plaaslike Regering vir uitnemende leierskap ontvang. Slegs nege vroulike burgemeesters landswyd het dit ontvang. Die woordvoerder van die munisipaliteit, Debra Sauer, sê die toekenning vereer buitengewone vroue in leierskapsposisies wat met goeie bestuur en skoon ouditering in hul […]
# Electricity and Energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, unveiled new science laboratories in four schools in Atteridgeville, outside Pretoria, yesterday. This is part of a public-private partnership where companies such as the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Chinese tech giant Huawei have donated equipment and technology. Ramokgopa says the goal of this initiative is […]
# George Municipality mayor, Jackie von Brandis, has received national recognition from the South African Local Government Association for Excellence in Leadership. This award was conferred on only nine female mayors across the country. The municipality’s spokesperson, Debra Sauer, says the award honours exceptional women in leadership who have demonstrated sound governance and achieved clean […]
# Suid-Afrika se Grammy-bekroonde superster, Tyla, het twee benoemings ontvang vir die MTV Videomusiek-toekennings. Die 23-jarige sangeres se enkelsnit, Push 2 Start, is benoem in die kategorieë vir beste choreografie en beste Afrobeats. Die lied is meer as 100-miljoen keer op platforms gekyk en het wêreldwyd ‘n dans-gier aangewakker. Lady Gaga loop voor met 12 […]
# The University of the Free State’s Enactus Qwaqwa’s groundbreaking project, Root Rescue, will compete at the Enactus World Cup in Thailand in September. The project recently won the Enactus 2025 Early-Stage National Exposition. The university says Root Rescue emerged from a pressing need to address critical challenges in agriculture. These include over-reliance on chemical […]
# The University of Pretoria has received a donation of 18-million-rand from Google to support the African Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. AfriDSAI is an institute at the university that brings researchers, technologists and communities together to reimagine how data science and artificial intelligence can work for Africa. The continent currently contributes only […]
